Justin Moses is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist celebrated as one of the most versatile musicians in all of acoustic music. A prominent Nashville session musician, he has appeared on stage or in the studio with an endless list of diverse artists. In 2018 and 2020, he was named Dobro Player of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association. His new album, “Fall Like Rain,” released on Mountain Fever Records on Jan. 22. And now, we’re

Since writing his first song at the age of 11, Sammy Brue has released three EPs, his New West full-length debut, I Am Nice, and a 2018 EP, Down with Desperation. But these myriad accomplishments may have just been the setup for what is arguably his finest work to date, Crash Test Kid. The Ogden, Utah, native has always been an artist seemingly wise beyond his years, but on Crash Test Kid, he often gets

Owners of Samsung Smart Televisions can now watch DittyTV and its award-winning music programming via the Samsung TV App Store. “We continuously pursue new distribution platforms to introduce music fans to our member artists, labels, industry, and partners,” says Ronnie Wright, DittyTV CEO. “DittyTV remains free to the consumer, and we are excited about the global reach the Samsung TV platform offers.” DittyTV, a 24/7 Music Television network headquartered in downtown Memphis, TN., is excited

With her upcoming album, The Waylon Sessions (releasing May 28), the prolific and wide-ranging Shannon McNally set out to revisit the songs and spirit of Waylon Jennings, a legend with whom she’s always had an ongoing fascination. “I have always loved his defiantly existential but immediately accessible common man’s music and how it boogies,” McNally says. But her collection of tunes ended up being not so much a tribute as it is a recontextualization; a

Through honoring his grandmother, singer-songwriter Eric Bolander weathered his own emotional firestorm with his 2019 record The Wind, followed by two standalone singles “Magic Moon” and “Window” in 2020. Bolander has now released “Cold Men”—a modern protest song chronicling the Blackjewel miners’ protests in Harlan County, Ky. This new single, produced by Duane Lundy (Sturgill Simpson, Ringo Starr) at his studio in Lexington, Ky., is a natural transition in Bolander’s catalog as a deeply emotional

You may recall the recent DittyTV Debut of “Waves of Ecstasy” by Hearty Har earlier this month on The Curve. If you missed it, you can check it out down below. Now we’re excited to give you a closer look at brothers Shane Fogerty and Tyler Fogerty, who are the sons of the legendary John Fogerty, and who make up the band Hearty Har. The two formalized the group in 2012, and DittyTV Senior Editor

Soul music is a deep well, and the mercury-voiced Devin B. Thompson plumbs the form to its depths in Tales of the Soul, the Chicago-based singer-songwriter’s Severn Records release, which arrived last fall. Co-produced by Thompson, Severn founder David Earl, and pianist-musical director Kevin Anker, the 11-track release was recorded at the label’s Annapolis, Maryland, studio. As for the current release, “Tell Me,” Thompson says, “I wrote this song about 4 years ago in response to

In place of an in-person conference this year, Folk Alliance International is hosting Folk Unlocked, a five-day virtual event for the international folk community to come together for panels, workshops, showcases, peer group meetings, networking, and more. The organization says that the Feb. 22-26 event is “unlocking the doors and windows of the house of folk to be as broad and inclusive as possible, inviting those who have been loyally attending Folk Alliance International conferences

Jason Weinheimer spends most of his time making other musicians sound great. As an engineer and producer at his Fellowship Hall Sound studios in Little Rock, Ark., he’s attracted some of the region’s most lauded songwriters and performers: John Moreland, Hayes Carll, Shinyribs, Pony Bradshaw, and many others. But Weinheimer has never fully given up writing and performing his own music, sporadically releasing records under the moniker The Libras, hand-picking collaborators from the hundreds of

Grey DeLisle is a Grammy-winning artist who is releasing this great single and video from the forthcoming covers album Borrowed on Regional Records. As a voice-over artist, DeLisle has more than 1,500 different cartoon performances under her belt. Her most notable characters include Vicky from The Fairly Odd Parents, Samantha “Sam” Manson from Danny Phantom, and Mandy from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. The prolific voice actress utilizes her comedic skills in her stand-up